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THE REPUBLICAN.

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OTHER NEWS ITEMS.

Katural gas Is to bo drilled for at Valparaiso. A canning factory, to give employment to 305 hands, is to be located .1 onesburo.

A picklo, preserve and canning factory Is to be loeated at El wood, to cost $100.I60l

Chris Seigler. of Cleveland, ato some IteKid-macle sausages and died soon afterward. Trichina.

The Province of Quebec is having an ftfdemie of business failares, especially to the leather liue.

The farm house of Hirain Tewksbcrry. near Montpelicr, was badly wrecked by a natural gas explosion.

Hon. Arthur P. Gorman was re-elected Qbited States Senator by the Maryland legislature, Tuesday.

Abald eagle was shot near Madison by Holly Austin, which measured seven feet efcht inches from tip to tip.

Mr. Blaine had another attack of illncsa, Tuesday. He was conveyed to his beine, where he soon recovered.

At Kansas City, Tuesday, the tempera--twe was 20 degrees below zero: at Atchison, 26 at Marshalltown, Iowa, 30.

Ex-President Cleveland has contributed HO toward repairing the synagogue of the (Adafih Israel congregation of Madison.

It is* reported that a cave has been discovered near Peterborough, Ont., the walls of which are almost pur© silver.

Dr. Joseph Tingley, formerly professor of natural science, in Asbury (now DePauw) University, died, Tuesday, at HoL ton, Kan.

Frank Thalmiller, of New Albany, has trtpented an ^ir-bralce by which any numlier of cars can be held under easy control j£ the engineer, as he claims.

Representative Loud, of California, has Introduced a bill in the House to .absolutely prohibit Chinese entering the United States under any circumstances.

Fifteen farmers, in squads of five each went rabbit-hunting at Stonehead, in Birown county. One squad killed 272, another 225, and the third 192, a total of 680

IJcoresentative Newberry (111,) has introduced a bill which provides that hereafter no pension shall be paid to any person who is not a citizen and bona fide resident Of the United States.

Fires have been started in the furnaces of the Catasaqu Manufacturing Company miti B., at Fullerton, Pa., for the fns time since the strike of July last. The Gompany's four mills arc now in op-ation. Non-union hands are employed.

Bishop Mate, the Catholic bisboi of the Denver diocese, preached a sensational sermon Sunday, In which he declared that the public school system of America propagated infidelity and divorces. Ho said it was oppression to tax the Catholics for public schools.

Masked robbers entered the house of agied Edward Brophy and wife at Modena. near Coatesyille, Pa., and compelled the old couple, who were known to bo prejudtaed to banks, to give up all their savings Ibr years. Brophy and wife must go to tbe alms honso now.

A large two-horse country sled, with a flezen young persons in it, went over a 300foot hill near Harmony, Butler count}-. P&., on Monday-night-, and the entire party vas injured. Elizabeth Morton, Miss Long and William Berry will probably d?a The others will recover. Tho sled was demolished and the horses killed.

At the Retreat poor house, nearWilkesbarre, Pa., is a Polander, named John Mica, who has been sleeping for thirteen months, and shows no sign of waking. Ho was taken there from the Wilkesbarrc City Hospital about fourteen months ago. The sleeper opens his eyes occasionally to take a little nourishment, but immediately draws his head under the covers and fails into a comatose condition. Tho casi bas not been explained.

Governor Chase and his private secretary arrived at South Bend, Monday even tog, and was accorded a reception by citizens, irrespective of party. A. L. Brick daMvercd an address of welt-cm^, and among the speakers was State Senatoi Howard, The latter stated that while differed with the Governor in politics, IK recognized that he was a just man while presiding over tho Senate a9 LieutenantGovernor, and that he commanded the rospeot of that body.

The Cabinet meetiHg Tuesday was deyotod almost entirely to the Chilian ques. ticn. Tho proceedings were only tempo jsarily interrupted by a slight illness of Secretary Blaine. There is reason to believe that the Government has received dispatches from the Chilian minister look-

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to a peaceful and satisfactory solution of the question in dispute, and that tfcey were submitted to tho Cabinet today. This will have a most important bearing on the question of submitting the correspondence to Congress at present, and it may possibly do away altogether with the necessity of thus referring the question. It is known that tho President desires to exhaust all diplomatic moan9 before submiting the matter to Congress for adtion. -.A plausible appearing man, giving his name as Dr. M. L. Haines, of Roseburg, negotiated for the purchase of B. F. Burk's handsome residence at Marion, consideration ?5,COO, and after the deed bad passed ho gave a check on one of the local banks, minus a discount for cash. TOis was Saturday evening'after closing hours. Tho agent negotiating the sale beeaoio suspicious, and made inquiries of the bank officers, finding no deposit to th« credit of Dr. Haines. Accidentally he met Haines as the latter was preparing to leave the city, and a surrender of the deed waa forced. It is supposed that Haines is a swindler, and that ho counted upon the check being held back until Monday morning, by which t.imo the property could have been passed to an ''innooenfc purchaser." "V

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THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Orleans, Net)., was destroyed by ffre Monday. A war upon Sunday newspapers is on at Pittsburg.

An orange and lemon trust is the latest from New Orleans. Two men were frozen to death near Tuscaloosa, Ala., Sunday.

The temperature is from 25 to 40 degrees below zero in Dakota. Governor Brown, of Maryland, was in angurated Wednesday.

New York city reports twelve deathg from the grip on the 13th. Senator Sherman was re-elected by the Ohio Legislature Wednesday.

Hazelton, Pa., is in danger of caving into a coal mine under tho city. The York block at Cleveland, Ohio, was burned Wednesday. Loss $1,OO.OCO.

Minneapolis flour mills produced 7, 878,947 barrels in 1891, against 6,983,830 barrels in 1890.

Two men were blown to atoms by the explosion of a locomotive boiler at Oxmoor, Ala.' Monday.

Ex-President Cleveland is spending a week on the estate of Joseph Jefferson in Louisiana, fishing and gunning.

John Davis, a lawyer of Wilmington N. C., is in jail. charged with giving to a church $30,000 in money and real estate belonging to widows and orphans.

There is a deadlock in tho State Senate of Iowa, the Republicans having a majority by the Licuteuant Governor's vote, and the Democrats refusing to vote.

Eight persons were injured in a passenger train wreck near Walsey's, Ark., Monday. An equal number were hurt in a wreck near River Falls, Wis., from the same cause.

A Chicago dressmaker committed suicide in a novel manner Sunday. She went out on the fee in the lake, divested herself pf all clothing, laid down on the ice and froze to death.

Two wild beasts, said to be pumas, which have been engaging the attention o?hunters near Leipsle, O., are reported to have changed their haunts to the swamps near Ft. Wayne.

John Sherman announces in an interview that he is now satistied with the political honors he has received, and will retire at the expiration of the term in tho Senate to which ho has just been elected.

James Mullen, an insane man of Philadelphia, swallowed a rosary which hung about his neck, believing that it would give liim everlasting life. Vigorous thumping ejected the substance and saved his life.

It is stated that J. Malcomb Forbes, of Boston, had agreed to pay Senator Stanford $150,030 for Arion, tho two-year-old Electioneer colt, who made tho world's record of 2:1034 on the Stockton kite track a few months ago.

At Chicago, on tho 12th, a crazy man named M'artin McConahy, went into Judge Gresham's court-room and demanded $5,003, or there would bo trouble. Tho Judge's coolness pacified him until the officers took him in charge.

As a result of the Republican primaries held at Philadelphia Wednesday night to elect delegates to the State convention that will elect delegates to the national convention, fifty-fivo of tho fifty eight delegates were elected with instructions to vote for James G. Blaine for President.

Jamc3 L. Bowen, of Springfield, grand chief templar of Massachusetts, has issued a circular letter addressed to his forty four brother grand templars in the other States recommending a united protest against the sale of intoxicants at the world's fair grounds during the exposition of 1S93.

News has been received of a bloody fight between sheepmen and cowboys in the White mountains of Apache county. A. Tl Three spheepmen were killed and severa cowboys badly wounded. More trouble is feared, as the sheepmen went for reinforcements. The fight is the outgrowth of an old feud.

The first consignment of camel skins for commercial purposes ever brought to this country, reached New York on the last voyage of tho steamer Nomadic. It consisted of five bales, thirteen skins to a bale, shipped from Aden to a firm of morocco manufacturers. The shipment is an experiment.

A robber, who has been captured, brutally murdered a mother and son and left the daughter, as lie believed, fatally hurt, at Lamar, Mo., Monday. Revengo was a motive equal with robbery for the awful crimo. Mrs. Goodly, tho murdered mother, was a daughter of William Perkins, of Greoncastle, Ind.

The New York World polled the New Jersey Legislature Wednesday on its Presidential preferences, and with this result: Democrats Grover Cleveland, 31 David B. Hill, 9 Leon Abbott, 6 Wm. C. Whitney, 1 Gray, 1 absent, 3 non-committal, 1 no choice, 3. Ropubiicavs: Benjamin Harrison, 7 James G. Blaine, 9 non-com-mittal, 3 no choice, 3.

The Andrews Opera Company were in a railroad wreck near Brainard, Minn., Fri day. The sleeping car which the company occupied was thrown down an embankment, killing Mi's. Edward Andrews and Miss rillio Wallace, and injuring twentythree others. The car caught lire and tho killed were frightfully burned. Tho thermometer was 46 degrees below zero and much suffering resulted from cold alone.

A man and woman near Somerville, Ariz, were found murdered on tho Duncan road Monday night. Both were shot twice and their heads smashed with an ax. When found their two-year-old child was sittln by the dead body of its mother, its hea being badly bruised. The child would have died from intense cold had it not been discovered. Tho woman is supposed to bo the Hattie Morgan who was en route to join her husband at Globe. Thoi trunks had been broken and plundered.

Tho recent visit of Hon. W. D. Owen, Superintendent of Immigration, to Crown 'Point, has resulted In the acceptance of a proposition made by Dr. Blackstone tolocato branch sanitariums for the euro of inebriates at New York City and Washington. The object of the Washington branch [will be to give gsatultous treatment to all of Uncle Sam's employes who have contacted the liquor or opium habits. The

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Crown Point company is to receive a royalty of $15 for each soul saved. Mr. Spurgeon, referring to the wo!b "Darkest Russia," writes: If I had al the health and strength that could fail tc the lot of man, I should be quite unable tc express my feelings, on reading of Russia's intolerances of the Jews and dissenters. That such conduct should be sanctioned by a church, bearing the name of Chris tian is as sad as it is strange. The Czar greatly injuring his own country by driving out God's anci.:nt Deople. No country can trample upon Israel with impunity. Jehovah is patient but there was a day for Pharoali, so is there a time for every oppressor."

C. G. Baker, employed in McClosseiid's mills at Innwood, Mich., met with a frightful death on the l(5th. He was en. gaged in throwing refuse upon a runway which carries full into the furnace, when he slipped and fell. His foot caught in one of the cleats of the runway, and, before the machinery could be stopped and the man extricated from his position, he was carried head foremost into the raging furnace. All attempts to check the flames were in vain, and before the lire was finally extinguished the man's body was cremated. Ho was a young man, and leaves a wife and two children.

A gentleman of Louisville in a letter to Dr. Keeley, of.D.wight, 111., stated that he had been suffering for several weeks with the grip. In his reply Dr. Iveeley says: "I would like to suggest a treatment for the grip which I know is nearly specific as well as innocent. It is simply asafetida given in four-grain pills, one pill four times a day. No man need be sick of the grip who will take it. For the past two years, with all the patients here subject, of course, to such epidemic, I have not had one man go to bed from the disease I break it up very quickly, and, iu fac cure it. If the treatment was generally known it would save sufferers much expense and wretchedness and many useful and valuable lives."

The indorsements given last week by numerous county and district conventions in Indiana to ex-Governor Gray's boom for the Democratic Presidential nomination, are creating a good deal of talk in New York in Tammany and county Democracy circles. There seems little disposition, however, especially among the friends of Senator Hill, to treat the matter seriously. They regard the movement as being entirely harmless, and are perfectly willing that the ex-Governor should get all the fun out of it he can. Some of them, however, are free in expressing the opinion that, such demonstrations in Gray's behalf are likely to weaken whatever chance he might of being made the second half of the ticket. That the vicePresidential nominee must come from tho West is regarded as beyond the necessity of discussion, and Gray, Campbell and Bois have all friends and adherents iu the empire State Democracy.

CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate Saturday, Mr. Dolph introduced a bill appropriating s!l?3.003,OUO for a coast defenses, to be expended at tho rate of §10,000,000 annually.

Among the bills introduced and referred in the House on tlie 13th, were: To create a sinking fund for the classification of clerks in first and second-class post offices to cover into tho treasury tho $100,000,000 of gold reserve now held for tho redemption of United States notes.

Among t'ie bills introduced in the Sen ate and referred was one by Mr. Ivylo proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to regulate marriages and di" vorces in the several States.

Mr. Hoiman's anti-subsidy resolution was the special order in the House on tho 14th. In opening it Mr. Holman called attention to the fact that substantially tho same proposition as that in the present resolution had been before Congress twice before, once submitted by himself, in 187."i in the following words:

Resolved, That in the judgment of this House, in the present condition of tho financial affairs of the Government,, no subsidies in money, bonds, public lands, indorsements, or by pledge or public credit, should be granted by Congress to Associations, or to corporations engaged, or proposing to engage, in public or private enterprise: and that all appropriations from the public tieasury ought, to be limited, at this time, to such amounts only as shall be imperatively demanded by tho public service.

Both sections of tho resolution were finally adopted, the first, which declared against subsidies and bounties, by a

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WASHINGTON^

Senator Plumb wrote a letter just prior to his death in which he predicted that the present Congress would pass a bill increasing the volume of currency.

Representative Clover, of Kan?a9, wiIntroduco a resolution calling upon the ways and means committee to report the Mills tariff bill to the House with such modifications as the present condition of the country may suggest

Chairman Clarkson, of the Republican National Committee, Gen. Russell A. Alger and Senator W. B. Allison were Friday morning locked in the latter'scommittee room at the Capitol for a couple of hoars in private consultation, and when tho consultation ended a report was circulated that an understanding had been affected as to the campaign for the Republican Presidential nomination. It was reported that Senator Allison and Gen. Alger had agreed to hold their individual States and as much outside support as possible for delivery to tho one or the other of the two who could command tho greatest force and thus secure the nomination with tho other's strength. It was also reported that Gen. Alger had had a long conference with Mr. Blaine, and had told Messrs. Allison and Clarkson ho was unable to get any intimation as to whal Mr. Blaine intended doing respecting th •use of his name In tho Minneapolis convention, and that thereupon the co npad or alliance herein recited had been agrect upon.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Connersvllle's gas supply is short, There is a biscuit trust at Muucle.. New Albany has a bachelors club. Fort Wayne still runs by sun time. Coal bas been discovered near Goshen. Ft. Wayne has adopted standard time. The death rate is terrible in Rush county.

The ice crop is very fine in northern Indiana. There are said to be 500 spiritualists in Anderson.

Tipton has many spiritualists and seances are held nightly. Ft. Wayne manufactories have been shut off from natural gas.

Glass tubes for drainage purposes are being made at Pendleton. Spiritualism is receiving some prominent converts at Broad Ripple.

A "wild" beast abroad in Blackford county proved to be a sheep killing dog. Six daughters of Mrs. Carolina Wilson, of Richmond, have died of consumption.

Seven thousand school books were sold in Grant county for the fall term of school. Typhoid fever carried off the entire family of James L. Vaucleave, of Livonia, in 'four days.

Miss Altha Wilson, of Dillsboro, near Aurora, committed suicide because her lover said she must die.

Hon. Georgo V. Howk, who for two .terms was a member of the Supreme Court died at New Albany, Wednesday.

Michael Erskin, of Thorntown, is dead. He was aged 101, and over a half century iof his life was spent in that place.

Work on the foundatien of tho DePauw plate-glass works, at Alexandria, is progressing rapidly, notwithstanding the cold weather.

Four of the oldest citizens of Alexandria have died within the last ten days, their ages ranging from seventy-five to eightyfour years.

Anderson was the scene of two torrible explosions on the 13th, in which two houses were entirely demolished and several persons seriously injured.

The court house dome in Columbia City has cost Whitley county more than any other portion of the building of the same area and Is still in bad condition.

Thomas Taggart, of Indianapolis, was elected chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee Wednesday. Joseph Reilley was re-olected secretary.

Mrs. Mary Marlin, a beautiful lady, committed suicide at Mishawaka, Monday. She had married a worthless scamp anil his failure to forsake his evil ways led to the self destruction.

Kokomo is terribly afflicted by the grip. Thirty-five deaths aro reported for the past two weeks, and three-fourths of the population have cither been troubled or aro now sick of the prevailing epidemic.

Several weeks ago, while Mrs. Patrick Lyons, of Muncle, was seated with her feet on the stove hearth, her husband accidentally fell across her lap, breaking one of her legs. Her death from tho injury is reported.

The Bricklayer's Union of Anderson has adopted a scalo of prices calling for 45 cents per hour, nine hours to constitute a day's work, with 50 cents an hour and ejght hoars on Saturday. The contractors are dissatisfied.

President Mackey, of tho Air Line railroad, at New Albany, compromised for $15,000 two of the damage suits the sum total of which amounts to #205,000. Chas. Schu got $7,000 and John Ghau $8,000, each having lost a wifo and child in the wreck on the Cannelton branch, several months ago.

Mishawaka has a volunteer fire department, Recently the firemen made a demand upon the town board to be paid so much per hour while working on fires, but the request was refused. Thereupon each individual member tendered his resignation, to take effect Feb. 5.

The Porter county grand jury in its last report reflects seriously upon the management of the county asylum, alleging that the inmates suffer from insufficient food and general neglect, and that they are huddled together

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freezing. The same grand jury also returned seventy-two indictments, principally for minor violations of the law,

Tho widow of Stephen Clark, living near Heltonville, has been seeing strange things. Tho other night, upon waking up a light was seen streaming in a maple tree in front of her house, and it is currently reported that boys dug at the foot of tho tree and uncovered a package of greenbacks, with tools for counterfeiting and a revolver. These were the property of Stephen Clark, who was hung by a mob fifteen years ago for murder, Shortly before he was lynched people found the bodies of live men and ono woman in a cave also a counterfeiting outfit. The dead wero supposed to be Clark's victims. -Ho was know to be a counterfeiter and a desperate man, and he was hung near his own door. Tho greenbacks amount to $4,000, and are genu-iue.

Amos Rich, a resident of Yorlttown, left, homo Thursday morning to hunt game, and, about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, two other hunters were directed to his lifeless body by the barking of his dog. He was found lying on his face with his overcoat under his head aud a shotgun wound iu his alSdomen, but death could not have been instantaneous, as the oveicoat^ no doubt, had been taken off and olaced under his head after the accident. The gun and game sack were close by. No house being near no one could be summoned to his aid, so after much suffering he met death bravely alone. The remains wero "brought to Yorktown, where tho coroner held an investigation and found his taking off to DO the result of accident.

There was a lively scrimmage between the freshmen and sophomores of DePauw University, at the close of the chapel exercises Friday. Thursday night tiiesophomores were out for a sleigh ride, and tho freshmen barricaded one of tho principal streets so they could not pass through tho lines. At the close of the noon exercises tho sophomores retaliated by stationing themselves at the foot of tho maLn stairway and when tho freshmen endeavored to pass out they were met by the opposing class and a serious collision followed. It was some ilrao before the belligerents were separated and ordered restored.

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President John appeared upon the scene and finally succeeded in quelling the disturbance. The freshmen arranged for a sleigh-ride Friday night and furthe trouble was anticepated.

A detailed account of tho mammoth canning house of J. L. Polk, at Greenwood, for the past year has been made public. This house is the largest and the most complete establishment of the kind west of Baltimore, the pay-roll for one year being as follows: Paid to farmers for produce, ?63,628.51 [paid for cans, 899,513 paid for boxes, $44,400 paid for freight $12,633.37, and to employes $49,338.99. Mr Polk began the fruit canning business in a small way in 1872, his first work being merely experimental,his wife during nearly all the canning at their residence near tho village. The next year Mr. Polk engaged in the business on a more extensive scale,fitting up a barn for the purpose. Since then his facilities for packing have been increased until his mammoth establishment is a credit not only to himself, but to Johnson county as well.

AMERICANS NOT SAFE IN CHILI

A Valparaiso cablegram Thursday says: Commander Evans, of tho United States cruiser York town, says on Thursday last his gig, while lying at the passenger mole awaiting his return from a visit to the store, was stoned by three men who were in a mob of hard characters which assailed the sailors In the gig with abusive language. Fortunately none of the gig's crew was injured. Commodore Evans promptly reported tho matter to the senior Chilian naval oflicer, Fernandez Vial. He, in turn, notified the police chief, whose men reported that the assailants were irresponsible people. Vial had made an apology to Commander Evans, in the course of which he states that the authorities aro awaro of the fact that certain persons are actively engaged in inciting a number of unemployed Chilians to attaek Americans, These inciters of trouble, Vial adds, would like nothing better than to stir up war between Chili and the United States.

The authorities also learned that an attack upon the American legation was planned, so arrests of tho suspected leaders in the contemplated riots were made. A policeman is also engaged in guarding tho American consulate in Valparaiso, while secret service policemen follow consul McCreery around the streets of the city, so as to protect him in case of an assault, which seems to be feared.

IOWA'S SENATE DEAD-LOCK BROKEN.

The deadlock in the Iowa Senate was broken on tho 14t.b. The Lieutenant Governor, at the openiug, announced a chango in his position. Heretofore, he has held that the votes of a majority of tho members-eiect wero necessary to choose permanent offiacrs. and ho modified this by holding that only a majority of a quorum was necessary. Th* Senate then proceebed to vote for Secretary. Tito Republicans voted for Cliff, and Engle for Kennedy, while the Democrats refrained from voting. The Lieutenant-Governor, however, caused a number of their names to be recorded as present, and then announced that Cliff was elected. The Democrats protested, but were powerless. Senator Brewer (Republican) voted with the Democrats for W. F. Coukling for assistant Secretary, electing him.

FOREIGN.

The steamer Namcho'v foundered ot! the Chinese coast ar.d 411 lives were lost. Deaths from inliucaiza and diseases ol" the respiratory orgfcns in London aro unusually heavy.

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An interesting, not to say valuable discovery has been made by Captain Weedin, in charge or the animals at the Cincinnati Zoo. Tho buMdlnf? is infested by rats, and how to get, rid of them has long been a perplexing question. Traps were us.d, but

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ing would tempt the rodents to enter. In a store-room d/awer was placed a quantity of sunflo»ver seeds, used as food for some of tho birds. Into this drawer the tats gi.awed their way, a fact which led the captain to experiment with them for bait in the traps. The result was that the rats can't bo kept out. A trap which appears crowded with six or eight r:.t,s is found gome mornings to hold fifteen.

The coinage committee will report a free coinage bill soon.

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A Washington dispatch printed at New York Tuesday, says that Capt. Evans hai '.'J1' reported to the department that four

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leave Valparaiso Jan. 20th for the strait* of Magellan with a torpedo boat. Besides, from an officer, comes the ad« ditional information that the Captain q) one of the English ships of war in thosi waters said that the Chilian commandoi Informed him that the floet was going "oi a special mission." "You may bo asto&» ished before long," he said.

This news is interpreted to mean thaft Admiral Walker's fleet may be halted there and directed to turn back or risk fight. This is the most serious indicatioa of Chili's hostile intentions that the navy department has received.

Naval officers say it can mean only om thing, which is that Chili intends opening the ball herself. The vessels to go are said 'to be the Esmeralda, the Almirante Cocb rane, the Pinto, anew unarmored cruisp whose sailing rate Is nineteen knots, a Yhe Condell, tho famous fast torpedo ,boal /that blew up tho Blanco Encaldo.

Admiral Walker, in his flagship, tin Chicago, arrived at Montevideo Jan. Ill He was informed of what might happeif jhiin and warned to make ready for it. Foi the first time there is felt real alarm at the threatened danger to Admiral Walke* His squadron is not equipped with torpedoes and the Chicago might be blown iu spite of tho utmost vigilance.

It would be a daring and plucky attempt, but son as the successful attempt on th« Blanco Encaldo.

Capt. Evans also Informs the departmenl that he is taking the most extreme prtfja-ir tions on account of what has been told fox the safety of the Yorktown. He does not ntend to be blown out of the water if he can help it.

The war feeling in Washington against Chiii grew apace to-day. Not an hour passed that did not see some new indication of preparation for hostility by th« Navy and War Departments, that did not produce some added expression by mem» bers of Congress in favor of supporting the President in maintaining the national dignity and enforcing proper reparation I for the Valparaiso massacre. Tho dispatch received last night by Secretary 5 i'racy from Commander '"Fighting Bob" (livans, of the Yorktown. only added fuel to a lire thus far smoldering but readyond eager to be lanned into liame. Tho fact, also became known for the iirst time lu-day that all of the nine monitors juned by the United States arc. being made ready for active service in defending ihe coast and harbors of this country from possibie attack. The iacfc that tiiest* lutiquated vessels. most of which bavo been in water without being cleaned ior nearly twenty years should not b»

Drought forward as an efleetivo means of narbor defense, aud the additional fact ill at, steps'.ire being taken ta equip these )ld vessels with modern breech-loading rifles ol" large calibre are most significant,^ indications that the administration ex- & 3eci.s serious trouble and thatlsraL ind detailed preparations are being S meet it. A

A decided change has come over officii the War and Navy departments. They ire less reticent. The events of the past iew days have stirred them up, and tiio lontinned aud persistent display of hostiltv if Chili towards our sailors and officers 1 las changed the feeling of forbearance to )iie of contempt lor their petty insults. |s i)n all hands the feeling that war is apsi'oacMug is expressed. Commodore Ram-

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Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, a rery positive but extremely conseravitivo fticer. said this morning: "It looks warike ibis morning."

All the Vessels on the Pacitic coast are

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Frightful "Wreck at Central City, West "Virginia-

rive Men Killed Two Fatnlly Injured^ Noise of the Explosion llcnrd 35 Allies Away.

Specials from the cities near Coredo, IV. Va., tell of a terriiic explosion of the Phuj-. nix powder mills, destructive to life, Monday morning. The l'ha'nijt mills are situated at Centra) City, W. Va. This is tho third explosion at this mill within three months, aud it is, by all odds, the most destructive one. The last one before thi happened six weeks ago, and was a trUl'"' affair.

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In lronton, twenty-five miles away, ho^ a terrible detonating roar, la CoredV three miles away, windows were brokeV and wares were shaken from the shelves iij\ stores. In Catlettsburg, nearly teu rnilei

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away, the earth shook aud people were greatly alarmed. It. has been asccrta'ned that the first ex* plosion was in the glazing mill, where there wero ten tons of powder. Tlieu,successively, tho packing-house, the maga-i zinc, the canning mill and the four wheel mills, and lastly a car loaded with gun-, powder went hurling in fragments through the air. Not, a vestige of the entire plant remains and the country for half a milq around is strewn with fragments of thq buildings and tho bodies of live men, vie* tims of tho disaster. Two men also werq hurt and several others hurt. It is no^ known definitely, but at tho present writ ing it is believed that not less than thirtylive ton of powder were burned iu the several explosions.

There are, no doubt, many slightly Injured whose names have not been ascer* taiued. Thirty men constituted the force employed at the works, and even to-nigh! the confusion is such that it is uncertain 'whether the full list of casualties has beem 'ascertained. In one of tha buildings thai' .went up. in which there was four tons oi ipowder, three meu were working and al) ithree escaped with trilling bruises. Tho {steam engine house was the ouly building I not demolished. Tho loss of property by 4tlie explosion waa f50,00l